380,000 football fans vote for the greatest footballer between Messi and Ronaldo

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have overshadowed other sports news following their heroics in this week’s Champions League matches.

On Tuesday night, Ronaldo’s hat-trick ensured Juventus see-off Atletico Madrid in the last-16 round to progress to the quarter-finals.

The Old Lady’s suffered a 2-0 defeat in the first leg clash, but their star Ronaldo, who joined the Turin-based outfit was in hand to nod home two headers alongside a spot-kick to hand his team a spot in the quarterfinal.

However, on Wednesday, Messi showed class after netting a brace in Barcelona's 5-1 bashing of Lyon to seal their spot in the quarter-final round.

Messi, who doubles as Argentina and Barcelona captain, netted the game’s opener in the 18th minute of the match with a top-class Panenka spot-kick before tearing part Lyon's defence line to net his second goal.

The Argentinean also assisted the pair of Gerard Pique and Ousmane Dembele after Philippe Coutinho scored Barca’s second.

Interestingly, the performances of Messi and Ronaldo in their respective UCL games, further revived the question of 'who is truly the world’s greatest footballer of all time?’

It is a herculean task to differentiate the two stars, even as Messi was rated a better player technically.

But Ronaldo cannot be dismissed with a wave of hand especially in big matches

At the last count, former England star Gary Lineker challenged football fans via Twitter, to pick their best after seeing the Portuguese net a hat-trick.

The encounter saw a decent performance from the home-side that had the likes of Clement Lenglet, Sergi Roberto and Ivan Rakitic join the squad after sitting out last weekend’s win over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.